---
type: "Bill"
title: "Student Achievement"
description: "Student Achievement; Creating the Music-based Supplemental Content to Accelerate Learner Engagement and Success (mSCALES) Pilot Program within the Department of Education; providing the purpose of the pilot program; providing requirements for the pilot program; providing eligibility; etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 537"
citation: "Florida HB 537 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-94"
primary_sponsors: ["Valdés"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-11-17"
last_action: "2024-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3deddce-b1b0-4593-a6bc-4a1a3a749ba3"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/537/ByCategory"
source_hash: "93348eab5cdea0fc2f3d0c3868b9986061b7f232025b024a6dc99623dafaac1a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
---

# Florida HB 537 (2024) — Student Achievement

Student Achievement; Creating the Music-based Supplemental Content to Accelerate Learner Engagement and Success (mSCALES) Pilot Program within the Department of Education; providing the purpose of the pilot program; providing requirements for the pilot program; providing eligibility; etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-94.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **H 537 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/537/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 537 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/537/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 537 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/537/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 537 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/537/BillText/e1/PDF)
5. **H 537 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/537/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **111–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Education & Employment Committee — primary (organization)
- Education Quality Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Valdés — primary (person)
- Garcia — cosponsor (person)
- López, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Mooney — cosponsor (person)
- Plasencia — cosponsor (person)
- Trabulsy — cosponsor (person)
- Williams — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-11-17** Filed `filing`
- **2023-11-30** Referred to Education Quality Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-30** Referred to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-30** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-30** Now in Education Quality Subcommittee
- **2024-01-09** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2024-01-23** PCS added to Education Quality Subcommittee agenda
- **2024-01-25** Favorable with CS by Education Quality Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-25** Reported out of Education Quality Subcommittee
- **2024-01-25** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2024-01-25** CS Filed `filing`
- **2024-01-26** Referred to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-26** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-26** Now in Appropriations Committee
- **2024-01-26** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2024-02-06** Added to Appropriations Committee agenda
- **2024-02-08** Favorable by Appropriations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-08** Reported out of Appropriations Committee
- **2024-02-08** Now in Education & Employment Committee
- **2024-02-12** Added to Education & Employment Committee agenda
- **2024-02-14** Favorable with CS by Education & Employment Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-14** Reported out of Education & Employment Committee
- **2024-02-14** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2024-02-14** CS Filed `filing`
- **2024-02-15** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2024-02-15** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2024-02-15** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-26** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/29/2024)
- **2024-02-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-29** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** CS passed; YEAS 116, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-29** In Messages
- **2024-02-29** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** Received `enrolled`
- **2024-03-06** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
- **2024-03-06** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2024-03-06** Substituted for SB 590
- **2024-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-06** Amendment(s) adopted (319730)
- **2024-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-06** CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-06** In Messages
- **2024-03-07** Added to Senate Message List
- **2024-03-07** Amendment 319730 Concur
- **2024-03-07** CS passed as amended; YEAS 111, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-04-02** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-15** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-16** Chapter No. 2024-94

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b3deddce-b1b0-4593-a6bc-4a1a3a749ba3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).